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Show A WOMAN WOMAN'S WOMANS WOMAN'SINSTINCT WOMAN'SINSTINCT ' SINSTINCT INSTINCT INSTINCTBy INSTINCTffi ffiBy 88 ffi 88By BARBARA BARBARABENEDICT By BARBARA BENEDICTMaoelatpd BENEDICTAssociated BENEDICT BENEDICTAssociated Associated Maoelatpd NewspllpersWNt1 NewspaperswNU Newspapers Newspllpers _ _ WWJ WNt1 wNU ServiceS ServiceIIIRLEY Service _ HIRLEY IIIRLEY OAKES was stubbornYou stubbornYou stubborn stubbornYou SHIRLEY S You could tell that by looking lookingat > at the set of her chin and thebIt thetilt the thetilt tilt bIt of her nose and the look lookin lookin lookin in her eyes She was stubborn and andtherefore andtherefore andtherefore therefore Dave Norden was VIas a lJttle little lJttlesurprised littlesurprised littlesurprised surprised when .hen hen then . she yielded In his hisembrace hisembrace hisembrace embrace and lifted her lips Ups to be bekissed bekissed bekissed kissed He had been a little be bewildered bewildered bewildered wildered by her stubbornness but butth butth butth th s-the s the s - thc pressure and warmth of ofher ofher ofher her mouth against his-he his he his - he under underI understood understood I > stood tood perfeetlyHe perfectlyHe perfectly perfeetly perfectlyHe He released her and said sald JInks Jmksl JmkslI ! I didn ddn ! t think thmk you really loved me meI meI I thought you were v.ere vere . only kidding kiddingSay kiddingSay kiddingSay Say listen hst'n hstn ! ' there s a preacher over overto overto overto to Meadow Meado\\ Meado Meados \ s Corner Comer Wo We 11 II ll driveover drive driveover driveover over there right now new and get a lJ hi lJcense hicente hcense cense cente and get marriedlShirley marrledl married marriedl marrledlShirley ! Shirley gasped ' "Why Why 'Why " ' the very veryIdeal veryideal veryIdeal veryIdealIt Ideal IdealIt It s a grand grandIdea idea Dave sa d"Wh dWh d d'Wb 'Wb Wb 'T3 T3 ' ' " } , listen I ve vs been waitm waltIn waitin to toask toask toask ask , 3ou you OU to marry me ever SIDce since SIDceyou sinceyou smceyou you came out here Only he hegrasped hegrasped hegrasped grasped her arm and began leadmg leading leadmgher leadingher leadingher her toward the buggy I didn dldn t tda tdart tdast tdastShirley da dart t . dartShirley Shirley jerked herself loose Her Hereyes Hereyes Hereyes eyes flashed llashed angrily Dave Nor Norden Norden Norden den I bel bet eve you i , ou re serious Thevery The very Ideal Just because I told you you were the nicest rucest boy I d met La in ina ina a long time I declare ' ' You let me kiss you Dave chal challenged challonged challenged challengedWhy lenged longed lengedWhy longedWhy Why I ve ye let dozens of boys kiss kissme kissme kis ; me She knew she shouldn t havisaid have havesaid havesaid said it . Dave couldn cou1dn t understand understandthat understandthat understani-that understani that - that . Kissing meant more to h m mIt mit mit It meant something sacred It was wasas wasas wasas as good as a promiseYou promiseYou promise promiseYou You haven t You re just sayIng say saying sayIng ing that You want Vlant to marry me meonly meonly meonly only you re scared ! . Now l.ow low how that you ve ye vegone yegone vegone gone this far tar you re trying trymg to back backout backout backout out That s foolish , , because after afterit afterit afterIt it s all over you U li 11 be glad gladShe gladShe gladShe She started to run from him but buthe buthe buthe he overtook her easilyYou easilyYou easily easilyYou You let me alone Dave Norden Nordenyou Nordenyou Nordenyou you must be crazy ' Crazy 'Crazy ' ' about you You re comIng comingto comingto to Meadows Corner and you re gom goin gomto gointo gomto to marry meHe meHe me meHe He lifted her into the seat With Withno withno withno no more effort than if she had been beena a doll and climbed in bes Lies de her herheld herheld herheld held her with one hand while hepicked he hepicked hepicked picked up the reins with the other otherShe otherShe otherShe She fought and bit bit , , but he paid no noheed noheed noheed heed and this enraged her It en enraged enraged enraged raged her because he . was v.as vas so strong strongand strongand strongand and handsome and clean and wholesome whole wholesome " , hole holeI I > some ome and in so many other ways waysbke wayslike wayslike bke like the kind of boy she had some sometImes sometimes sometimes tImes p cturedPresently cturedPresently ctured cturedPresently Presently she sat still staring an angril angri angril gril gri $ > , out between the bobbing ears earsof earsof earsof of the horse He gr nned mined and looked lookeda lookedat lookedat a at t her herThat herThats That Thats s right Take it easy easyTucker easyTucker easyTucker Tucker yourself all out sqwrmm squumin sqwrmmaround squuminaround squirminaround squirminaroundYou around aroundYou You won t get away with thisshe thiS thiSshe thisshe she said bitmgly bitingly You won t make makeme makeme makeme me marry you . . Soon as we get getv getwhere getwhere v . where here there s people I 111 II ll screamWe screamWe scream screamWe We won t see any people between betweenhere betweenhere betweenhere here and the Comer Corner ComerThere CornerThere CornerThere There 11 II be people in town A Abody Abody Abody body can t get married without peo peopie peopie peopie pie aroundHe aroundHe around aroundHe He nodded That Thats s so Then'Most Then'Most Then ThenMost Most 'Most ' ' of the people know how we ve ye vebeen yebeen vebeen been carrym carryIn on They 11 II Il under understand understand understand understandYou stand standYou You mean-ou mean ou mean-3 mean 3 mean - } , ou d tell them- them themDave themDave them themDave - Dave NordenWon NordenWon Norden NordenWon Won t tell them anything let em emfigure emfigure emfigure figure it out for themselves themselvesDave themselvesDave themselvesDave Dave Norden you must be a afooll afool afool fooll fool ! You can t scare me A g rl ml rldoesn mldoesn rldoesn doesn t have to get married unless unlessshe unlessshe unlessshe she wants toNope toNope to toNope Nope said Dave not unlessshe unless unlessI unlessshe I > she he wants toAnd toAnd to toAnd And you think thmk I want to ' Why WhyI I wouldn t marry you If-lf-for If lf for if-if-for if - if - tor any anythIng anything anything anythingDave thIng thIngDave Dave d dn do t answer He wasn tgrinning t tgrmnmg tgrinning grmnmg grinning any more and there v . was wasa wasa as asa a furrow between his eyesA eyesA eyes A eyesA mile th s side of Meadows Cor Corner Cornet Corner ner net a nut came off o8 the rear lett left leftwheel leftwheel .heel heel wheel . and he pulled up He clJmbed climbed clJmbedout climbedout climbedout out and looked at the wheeland wheel and said saidhe saidbed saidhe he bed d have to go back and find the thenut thenut thenut nut- nut . - . , - nutWIthout Without waiting for Shirley s B re- re reply reply re reply - - ply it If any he started to backtrack backtrackHe backtrackHe He walked slowly with his headbent head headbent headbent bent Fitty Fifty yards down the road roadhe roadhe roadhe he found the nut and returned W1th with W1thit withit withit it Shirley v w . , as sitting as he d left lefther lefther lefther her staring I > straight tralght ahead her hereyes hereyes hereyes eyes still stilI angry angryPresently Presently they were ploddIng ploddIngalong ploddingalong ploddingalong along once more . . . They passed sev several several several eral outlying houses and after afterawh afterawh afterawh awh Ie le turned into the main mam street streetThere streetThere . There were v.ere vere . a dozen or more pedes pecks pedestrIans peckstrians pedestrians trIans in s ght Dave Dae Dare Da\ Da \ e glanced sIde sIdew sidew sidew w se at h s companion compamon as It If half halfexpecting halfexpecting hallexpecting expecting her to scream and attract attractattent attractattent attractattent attent onBut onBut on onBut theydrew But Shirley d dn do t and when they drew up in m front of Gus Stevenahouse Stevens Stevenshouse Stevenshouse house she sat st 11 II ll Gus was the thetown thetown thetown town clerk and could issue marriage licenses licensesDave marriagelicenses marriagelicensesGave Gave Dave twisted the reins in his hishands hishands hiahand hands * and kept his eyes downcast downcastThere downcastThere downcastThere There was a moment of silence and andthen andthen andthen then he said Listen Shirley I Ireckon Ireckon 1reckon reckon if I wanted anted I could go In Inth"re inthere irthere th"re thre there " and get us a 1 I cense come and then thcrdrive thendrive drive down to Squire Robbms RobbIns and andget andget andget dothat get married . . I guess I could dcthat do dothat that all aU right but somehow I ve ye veI yesorts v vsorta < I > sorta sorts orta lost the urgeWell urgeWell urge urgeWell Well I r should th nk so said saleShirley Shirley saidShirley ' ' The 'The very idea Ideal Ideal'Ihere idealThere ! ' Ihere 'Ihere There was another moment of sl si silence sllence sifence lence fence Something Somethmg seemed to be beroubl betroubl btroubl ( roubl troubl ! ng Dave He lool 1001 boob cd ed up upagain upagain uiagain again _ I . I , I , ' - ' There s just one thing he said saidI saidI I d like lib.e libe . to know about . It kmdabothers kmda kinds kmdabothers kindsbothers bothers me Back there in the road roadwhen roadwhen roadwhen when I got out to find the nut nut nutwhy , , , whY didn t you run then v.hen vhen when . hen you youhad youhad youbad had the chance ? ' * Run ? Why should I run ? Be- Be Beside Besides Be Beside - - sides sidesyou side ' . you re 1 > so 0 smart and sure of ofyourself ofyourself ofyourseU yourself , , , why don t you figure it itout itout itout out ? ' lye I ve been tr trying , ing to said uld Dave DaveBut DaveBut DaveBut But it J a . got me licked That s why whyI I drove on in town here-sort here sort here - - sort of ofhoping ofhoping ofhoping hoping and ucpectmg .Xpeetmg Xpeetmg expecting ( . you d explaIn explainit it But since you won t- t - the t - he pIcked pIckedup pickedup pickedup up the reins rems agam- agam again- again agamI againI again - I reckon we webetter webetter webetter better drive back I reckon I Icouldn Icouldn Icouldn couldn t go through with this even itI If IfI ifI I wanted I don t understand worn wornen wornen wornen wornenI en enI enI I should say you don t . Fir Fu from fromI fromit fromit fromit it Or you wouldn t have to ask askwhy askwhy askwhy I why I didn dJdn t get out and run Shepaused She Shepauscd Shepaused pauscd paused , , , but Dave s frown only dpep deep dpepened deepened drepencd ened Why anyone with any anybrains anybrains anybrains brains at all could ha\ ha ba\e ba e hae hate \ e seen as asplam asplain asplam plam plain as anything that it was be because because because cause I was afra d you wouldn t ttry ttry ttry try to catch me that second t meWhoa meWhoa me meWhoa Whoa said Dave Carefully he hewound hewound hewound wound the reins rCInS around the whip whipstock whipstock whipstock stock and leaped to the groundGet groundGet ground groundGet Get down he said to Shirley and andShirley andShirley andShirley Shirley got down downNow downNow downNow Now Dave Norden she began beganIf beganii beganif If ii you think for one mInute- mInute mInuteBut minuteBut minute minuteBut - - But Dave was grinning grmnIng again againleadIng againleading againleading leadIng her up the walk waIb . toward Gus GusStevens GusStevens GusStevens Stevens front door Why shuckshe shucks shuckshe shuckshe he thought , , no harm in a v . woman womanbeing womanbeing oman omanbemg bemg being a little stubborn if she wanted wantedto wantedto to _ |